Undergarment



April 25, 1933. A. LAVER 1,905,645

UNDERGARMENT Filed April 29, 1932 INVENTQZ flaw/[aver Patented Apr. 25,1933 1 Anne LAVERQoF PHILADELPHIA, rENnsYLvAnm 51 i UNnEReARM nr s n eenfiled April 29,

Myinvention-relat'esgto new and useful im-r provements inan undergarment; and has forone of its ob ects to reinforce theseat,

crotch andjoints between thelegs as wen as the joints between parts ofeach leg- Another object of the invention is the provision of an uniquereinforcement for-undergarments of the under-drawers type.

Another object of the invention is to provide what I term an interlockedinvisible seam in a reinforcement for articles of wearing apparel. Sucha formation is strong, durable, neat in appearance and comfortablebecause it is non-chafing. It will be particularly noted that the'turnededges of the seams of both the garment proper and the reinforcement areenclosed. Also it should be noticed that the reinforcement is M sewn tothe garment proper along the seam to prevent relative displacement orpucker- A further object of the invention is to'construct areinforcement for drawersand similar under-garments which is of simpleformation and effective for the purpose in tended.

With these and other ends in view, this invention consists in thedetails of construcn tion and combination of elements hereinafter setforth and then specifically designated by' the claims. 7 In order thatthose skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may under-jstand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction indetail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this application, in which l r Fig. 1 is a front view of anunder-garment constructed in accordance with the invention and showingthe inner part of one leg turned over upon itself and aside of thegarment removed. V s V Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View of one ofthe legs on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a further enlarged sectional view of the upper part of thegarment on the line 33 of Fig. 1. 1 p

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 5 represents theunder-garment 12 and a back seam 13. 7

sequently the. life of such garment is increased. Y r M p 1 1932. Serial08,1 5;

such as drawers, shorts, and the like, preferably provided with theusual fly "6, al-.

though this may beeliminated if desired.

The garment includes a waist band? pref erably having inserts 8 ofelasticwebbing or other expansible means. the waistband is the body9'ofthe garment having the lower portion bifurcated and fashioned intolegs 10 with seams 11 onlthe innerv portions thereof and meeting in thecrotch. The two sections of the garmentare sewn together so as to formafront seam Depending from The reinforcement includes two similar backsections 14and15 sewn together along their meeting edges by arow ofstitching 16 in order to form a'seam' 17 and the'lo'wer parts of theseback sections are 'shapedto correspond with the back parts of the legs Vin the region of the crotch and extendingto thelower edgesof said legs;

In additionto the'above-mentioned back sections there aretwo frontsections-18 and 19 one of which, namely 18, is longer than thefsection19 and the meeting edge of the section119 is sewn to'the; lower part ofthe meeting edgeofthesection 19 to'provide a "seam correspondingtothecrotch seam 12 to the under-garment itself, and the lower parts ofthese sections areshaped to. correspond to 9 the front parts of thegarment legs adjacent theirinnerseams. a h 1. I

The meeting-edges of coacting front and back reinforcement sections are,sewn togethervalong lines corresponding to the seams 11 thereby formingseams 2 0'. The reinforcementis-then placedwithin thegarment with theback sections imposedupon the'back part of the garment and the frontreinforcement is imposed upon the front partof-the gar? ment on theinside thereof and all-of the .edges'sewn-in place by stitches 21 andthe meeting edges of all of-the reinforcement sections-are sewn to thegarmentby stitches 22. 7 By reinforcing an under -g arment'in thismanner the wearing qualities are, greatly enhanced and the likelihood ofthejgarment being ripped reduced'to a minimum and conand frontreinforcement section It might be wellto state that the upper end of thefront reinforcement section 19 terminates at the lower end of the fly 6,and the fly itself is reinforced by turning back the edge of the garmentto form a wide seam and the upper ends of the reinforcement sections mayterminate just inside the lower edge of the Waist band or theymayvextend well into the waist band according to the preferences of themanufacturen j M Of course I do not wish to be limitedto the exactdetails of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied withinthe limits of theappended claims without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

1 Having thus fully describediny invention, what- I'claim as -new anduseful is 1. A garment including a waist band, "a body dependingtherefrom and legs, in combination with a reinforcement including a pairof similar back sections corresponding to'parts of the back of thegarment and the legs withthe' meeting edges of said sections stitchedtogether, and front sections" corre-' sponding to partsof the front ofthe garment and the legs thereof stitched together along their meetingedges, the contiguous leg parts of a front and back section beingstitched together along their meeting edges and the whole reinforcementstitched around its edgeson the inside of the garment in the region ofthe middlepback andfront and innerparts of the legs.

parallel with and adjacent to the corresponding seams of the garment andsaid reinforcement for securing said reinforcement within the garment. 1

4:. A bifurcated garment having the contiguous edges sewn together toform a seam, a; reinforcement produced from two sections of -mate'rialsewn together to form a seam,

said reinforcement corresponding to the shape of the garment in theregion of the seam*an d-imposed upon the inside of said garment with theseams of the reinforcement and garment coinciding and with the inturnededgesof both the reinforcement and the garment located between saidreinforcementlaind garment, stitches passing through the reinforcementand the garment adjacent the? edges of said reinforcement, and otherstitches passing-through the reinforcement and garment along the scams.1 Y 1 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed "my signature.

' ,{ANNA LAVER.

2. The structure set forth-in claim 1, in c combination witha row ofstitches along the longitudinal center line of the reinforce ment andother rows of stitches'parallel with and adjacent to the joints betweenthe leg parts of the reinforcement sections. i 3. In a garment, a waistb'and,a' legs, said garment being provided withthe bodyand usual fly,front and back seams and inner leg seams,'sim1larreinforcement backsections corresponding in shape to a partof the back as well as a partof the inner portion of a of thegarment to one side of the back seamleg, saidreinforcement backsections being sewn together along theirmeeting edges to j V- I form a seam, reinforcement front sections eachcorresp onding front of'the garment at one side of thefront seam aswellasa part of the inner portion of a leg, said frontreinforcelmentsections being hape to a part of the 1 I sewn together along theirmeeting edgesto form a seam, said leg port ons of each back i being sewntogether along their meeting edges toform a seam, the'entirereinforcement being located inside of the garment with the seam betweenthe back sections and the seam between the front sections and'the seamsbetween the u leg portions of said sections positioned to correspondwith the similar seams of the arment, a rowof stitches around all ofthe-edges of the reinforcement and rows of stitches

